Critical Minerals Report (08.01.2025): The Race Intensifies Amid Price Floors, Espionage, and New Alliances

Critical Minerals Report (08.01.2025): The Race Intensifies Amid Price Floors, Espionage, and New Alliances

This week’s developments paint a picture of an intensifying global contest over critical minerals and the technologies they enable. From Washington to Canberra to Brasília, governments are racing to secure supply, protect intellectual property, and assert control over resources that will shape the 21st-century economy. Trade policies are being weaponized – whether via tariffs on copper and other goods or through export curbs – with unpredictable…